[ruby-core:23528] Re: [Bug #1487] String#each_char must return self

Excerpts from Yukihiro Matsumoto's message of Sat May 23 18:34:35 +0300 2009:
> Hi,
> 
> In message "Re: [ruby-core:23526] Re: [Bug #1487] String#each_char must return
> self"
>     on Sun, 24 May 2009 00:00:52 +0900, Eero Saynatkari <[e-mail]> writes:
> 
> |> I was hoping for a little bit of consistency as well.
> |
> |Also true for Array#each and so on. Whichever way it goes,
> |they should all be the same.
> |
> |Philosophically, returning self from a non-mutating iterator
> |is the most straightforward thing to do and makes it possible
> |to avoid the cost of the dup.
> 
> The string may be modified in the block, so that you cannot avoid the
> cost of the dup in this case.  OK, consistency is the reason?  What else?

I suppose this is true, although I am in the "enough String
to hang themselves" camp on the matter if someone thinks it
a good idea to muck with the object being iterated on (and
not using a mutating iterator.) The user can always do the
dup themselves. Might it warrant a mention in the method
documentation?


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